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‘Grace will lead me home’
OSV Daily Take - Jul 24, 2014 at 6:54 am Despite blindness and dementia, Grandma and Grandpa modeled love and acceptance
Death’s Fearful Poses
Dominicana - Jul 24, 2014 at 6:29 am There is a sort of triumphalism over death that the Gospel inspires. Christ’s victory, his resurrection to the right hand of the Father, has put something of a swagger in the...
US Congress, European Parliament Focus On Case of Meriam Ibrahim
The Religion Clause - Jul 24, 2014 at 6:10 am Yesterday, a subcommittee of the House Foreign Affairs Committee held a hearing titled "The Troubling Case of Meriam Ibrahim." The hearing focused on the plight of a Sudanese...
“We have to ask the world: ‘Why are you silent?’”
The Deacon's Bench - Jul 24, 2014 at 6:09 am From Vatican Radio: “Where is the respect for the rights of Christians?” the Auxiliary Bishop of Baghdad Shlemon Warduni asks Vatican Radio. “We have to ask the world: Why are...
Colorado Same-Sex Marriage Laws Invalidated With Only Limited Stay
The Religion Clause - Jul 24, 2014 at 6:05 am A Colorado federal district court yesterday issued a preliminary injunction enjoining enforcement of Colorado's state constitutional and statutory provisions that deny same-sex...
BINGO!
CatholicMom.com - Jul 24, 2014 at 6:00 am
When my girls were little, we found these cool Road Trip Bingo cards at Cracker Barrel. We stocked up and wound up with half a dozen of these cards to keep everyone amused while...
Church Split Can Be Adjudicated Using Neutral Principles of Law
The Religion Clause - Jul 24, 2014 at 6:00 am In Rector, Wardens and Vestrymen of St. Mary of the Angels' Parish v. Anglican Church in America, (CA App., July 23, 2014), a California appellate court held that a dispute over...
Telegram for the aviation accident in Magong
News.va - Jul 24, 2014 at 6:00 am Vatican City, 24 July 2014 (VIS) – Cardinal Secretary of State Pietro Parolin has sent a telegram on behalf of Pope Francis to the archbishop of Taipei and president of the...
Free from Ordeal in Sudan, Woman Meets Pope
Franciscan Media - Jul 24, 2014 at 6:00 am VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Meeting a Sudanese woman who risked execution for
not renouncing her Catholic faith, Pope Francis thanked Mariam Ibrahim
for her steadfast witness to Christ.
Pope Francis sends telegram of condolence for Taiwan air disaster victims
News.va - Jul 24, 2014 at 5:55 am (Vatican Radio) Pope Francis has sent a telegram of condolence to the families of victims of an air disaster in Taiwan.
The ATR-72 operated by Taiwan's TransAsia Airways was...
The Catholic civil rights hero who really deserves a statue
Catholic Herald - Jul 24, 2014 at 5:51 am Earlier this month brought the news that Indian independence leader Mahatma Gandhi will be honoured with a statue in Parliament Square, joining the ranks of other dignitaries...
Papal condolences following Taiwan plane crash
Catholic Culture - World News - Jul 24, 2014 at 5:42 am Cardinal Pietro Parolin, the Vatican's Secretary of State, has sent condolences on behalf of Pope Francis following a plane crash in Taiwan that left 47 dead.
"The Holy Father...
Shomali: The Holy Land bishops want “immediate ceasefire” in Gaza
Vatican Insider - Jul 24, 2014 at 5:38 amSoaring student debt sparks response from Catholic colleges
Catholic News Agency - General - Jul 24, 2014 at 5:23 am Denver, Colo., Jul 24, 2014 / 04:23 am (CNA/EWTN News).- With a national student loan debt of slightly more than $1 trillion, American colleges may have to start re-thinking the...
Soaring student debt sparks response from Catholic colleges
EWTN - US Latest News - Jul 24, 2014 at 5:23 am Denver, Colo., Jul 24, 2014 / 05:23 am (EWTN News/CNA).- With a national student loan debt of slightly more than $1 trillion, American colleges may have to start re-thinking the...
EWTN to open new studio at Orange County cathedral
EWTN - US Latest News - Jul 24, 2014 at 5:21 am Orange, Calif., Jul 24, 2014 / 05:21 pm (EWTN News/CNA).- On Thursday, EWTN Global Catholic Network announced it has begun construction on a television studio on the West Coast,...
New auxiliary bishop for US Syro-Malabar diocese named
EWTN - US Latest News - Jul 24, 2014 at 5:19 am Chicago, Ill., Jul 24, 2014 / 05:19 pm (EWTN News/CNA).- Pope Francis on Thursday named a Chicago-area priest to become an
auxiliary bishop of the Syro-Malabarese Eparchy of Saint...
Daily Gospel Reflection for July 24, 2014
CatholicMom.com - Jul 24, 2014 at 5:00 am
Today’s Gospel: Matthew 13:10-17
“Blest are your eyes, for they see, and your ears, for they hear” (vs. 16). I use to think that Jesus was talking to his disciples at the very...
Untitled
Catholic Herald - Jul 24, 2014 at 4:57 am This week we bring you detailed coverage of last week’s ‘assisted dying’ debate and the tributes paid to Sister Philomene Tiernan, the Australian sister who was killed in the MH17...
Protestants try to calm row ahead of Luther celebration
Catholic Herald - Jul 24, 2014 at 4:55 am A fierce row between Catholics and Protestants in Germany is the result of a misunderstanding, a German theologian has claimed.
Lutheran leaders had invited the Catholic Church to...
